Folding or collapsible bed.



F. H. PARRINGTON. FOLDING OR COLLAPSIBLE BED. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7,1911.

1 ,QQ2,G22, Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK firFnniiino- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing 'at Roanoke, in the county of Randolph and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding orCollapsible Beds, of which the following is a specification. Myinvention relates to, an improvement in folding or collapsible beds, andmore particularly to that class of bed which is ca pable of beingcollapsed into a sm'all c0mpass, and of bein moved beneath theordinarstandard be 'lhe invention consistsin certain novel features ofconstruction .and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fullyde scribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a top planview; Fig.2-isan-encl View; Figs. '3, 4 and 5 are end views of the bed, showingthe manner-0f collapsing and folding the bed into a small compass; Fig.6' is a vertical sectional View of one of he legs' or posts; Fig.7 is adetail sectional View of the post; Fig. 8 is a detail plan view of thehinge connection of one section of the post; and Fig. 9 is a plan viewon the line 9--9 of Fig. 2.

A, represents the posts, and B is the rec tangnlar bed frame to whichthe springs, not shown, are connected. The osts A consist of standards 1at the bottom, to which the casters 2 are connected,-and connected 3 toeach standard are tvso tubular members 3 and 4. The lower tubulammember3- surrounds the standard 1 and is connected thereto by a spring dog 5,which passes through an opening in the tubular member nular flange 7 isformed at the} lower on of the upper members 4, and is received withinthe tubular bore of the lower moon extends into the bore of the member3, where it enters an opening 8 in the member 3 for locking the twosections together. A

projection 9 is formed upon the spring dog' 50 7 and extends through anopening in the up- Specification 0! Letters irate-sch: Application filedMarch 7, 1911. .Serlal filo. 632365.

' These membersis are rsissiii. 'l

dotted lines in Fig. l,

11.. The remaining memhcrs srds i by releasing the dogs gagementWith'tho standards.

and into a notch in the standard. An mg her 3. A. spring dog 7 ismounted within the tubular bore of the upper section t and the lowersection, means for r "a v r mento same, the upper section: the posts towhich. the-rod If are released from the nie'n'fi gaging the dogs 7.i'roin t pressing upon the or wardly snfiicient to allow the.(iisengaged therefrom, then ti are swung inwardly, nsinihz so th' twill extend. practically parsll hinged to the end rails 18 by the canthen he swung over, downward n bed frame B, as indicated in Fi sectionsor members-3 can now he 1 telescope or movedownward.upon the s terialwhether the sections or lowered before or a'fh folded over upon the themembers 4: here been itch the frame B, the frame can he h the bolts '16,and then. plan l tangular-base frame 229 w standards together,

Having fully do what I cia' binntion with n o nected to the fainting ofsections, one wish .i ear .1 scoping in. anoti r section, in connectingthe other section to the f and l'XlCl-ll'lSqfOI connecting tionstogether when in. their tions. v

2. Ixio. bed, the coz'nhinrttm th a frame, of posts, each post co n per,an intermediate, ans a loner intermediate section sliilnbly m ...oo,.sis;

latter two sections" together, n.

mediate section is in its extended position, means for connecting theupper section to the intermediate section, side rods connecting the upnsections of the posts together, and end rods pivotaliy connected to theupper sectipns.

3. In a bed, the combination with a bed frame, of posts, each postcomprising an upper and an intermediate section. the sections slidablyconzt'eted together, means for removahly connecting the upper sectionsto the intermediate sect-ions, means pivotalty connecting two of theupper sections to the irnme, means pivot-Ally connecting the remeiningupper sections to the first-named sections whereby they can be swunginto eiii'ieinent with. the other upper sections and then folded uponthe frame.

at. In a bed, the combination with a bed frame, of sectional posts,means pivotally connecting two of the uppermost members of the posts tothe frame, and means conneeting said pivoted members to the remaininguppermost post ni'em'oers whereby said lest-named post members can beswung t0- werd the pivots post members of the other end whereby all theuppermost pest members can he swung upon the frame.

55. In a bed, the combination with 9: bed frame, of posts, each postcomprising e standard, tubular member and an upper member, the tubularmembers and standards being siidabiy connected together, means forconnecting the tubular memhers and stand-- urds together when thetubular member is in extended position, means on the tubular members forsupporting the frame, means pivotaliy connecting two of the upperpostinenibers to the frame, and means for conneeting the upper postmembers together.

I n testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK HENRY FARRINGTON. .Vi tnesses:

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